US renews call for Zeltser's release

  The United States has renewed its call for the release of US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser on humanitarian grounds.   On August 11, Zeltser was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of "attempted industrial espionage" and the use of fake documents. His secretary, Russian national Vladlena Funk, was sentenced to one year in prison on the same charges.

 

Earlier this month, Belarusian authorities rejected the U.S. Embassy's request for Zeltser to be treated in a public hospital and examined by an independent doctor.